ruricola

Latin

Etymology

From rūs (“the country”) + colō (“I till, cultivate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ruːˈri.ko.la/, [ruːˈrɪkɔɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈri.ko.la/, [ruˈriːkolä]

Adjective

rūricola (genitive rūricolae); first-declension adjective (masculine and neuter forms identical to feminine forms)

1. that tills the soil
2. rural, rustic

Declension

First-declension adjective (masculine and neuter forms identical to feminine forms).

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	rūricola			rūricolae	rūricola
Genitive	rūricolae			rūricolārum
Dative				rūricolīs
Accusative	rūricolam	rūricola		rūricolās	rūricola
Ablative	rūricolā			rūricolīs
Vocative	rūricola			rūricolae	rūricola

Derived terms

• rūricolāris

Related terms

• rūs
• rūsticus

Noun

rūricola m (genitive rūricolae); first declension

1. countryman, rustic, farmer
2. (usually in the plural) oxen

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rūricola	rūricolae
Genitive	rūricolae	rūricolārum
Dative	rūricolae	rūricolīs
Accusative	rūricolam	rūricolās
Ablative	rūricolā	rūricolīs
Vocative	rūricola	rūricolae

References

• “ruricola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ruricola”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ruricola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ruricola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.